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| 11130 | georgesk | 1 | The directory dfsg stands for: Debian Free Software Guidelines, |
| 2 | see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines> |
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| 4 | Making a dfsg-free source package |
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| 5 | ================================= |
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| 7 | To build an official Debian package, one needs to check thoroughly |
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| 8 | than every source file shipped in it is distributed under a DFSG-free |
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| 9 | license, and give proper credit to the authors inside the file |
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| 10 | debian/copyright which will be included in the debian source package. |
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| 12 | Non-DFSG-free licenses |
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| 13 | ---------------------- |
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| 15 | Some parts of the official source tarball for WIMS are not DFSG-free, |
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| 16 | i.e., they may be free enough for the main concern of a random Wims |
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| 17 | administrator, allowing him to run the server legally, but they are not |
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| 18 | free according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. |
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| 20 | Examples of non-dfsg-free parts include packages including third-party |
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| 21 | components with non-free licenses: a non-commercial clause makes a license |
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| 22 | non-free, as well as a clause stating that the only legitimate use is for |
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| 23 | education. More subtle non-free licenses can be the "good, not evil" license |
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| 24 | authored by Douglas Crockford; even if it may be considered as a joke, it |
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| 25 | entails a legal instability which is refused by Debian developers. See |
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| 26 | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#.22Good.2C_not_Evil.22>. |
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| 28 | Uglified "source" code |
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| 29 | ---------------------- |
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| 31 | Also, every source file must be human-readable. For the sake of efficiency, |
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| 32 | many javascript files are compressed or "uglified" in order to use less |
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| 33 | bandwidth. If a javascript is compressed, minified or "uglified", it cannot |
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| 34 | be considered as a source file any longer. If so, it must be removed from |
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| 35 | the source package, and the source file yielding it must be included, |
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| 36 | eventually with some way to generate the compressed file upon compilation |
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| 37 | of the source package. |
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| 39 | Contents of this directory |
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| 40 | ========================== |
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| 42 | * `README.md`: the source file for this information |
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| 43 | * `README.html`: this information in HTML format |
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| 44 | * `Makefile`: a script for the "make" command, which strips non-dfsg |
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| 45 | parts, and adds eventually third-party non-obfuscated sources for |
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| 46 | javascript files. |